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2005-11-02 Britain

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Posted by Howard UK 2005-11-02 08:42|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Apologies to one and all... page 3 please.. if worthy.

Posted by Howard UK 2005-11-02 08:49|| 2005-11-02 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 This kind of crap is enough to drive me back to church.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-02 09:06|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-02 09:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Just makes me seethe...

Posted by Fred">Fred 2005-11-02 09:35|| 2005-11-02 09:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Wheres the C4 dammit?

Oh forgot - we're christians (and athiests...) we have more tolorence then others....

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-11-02 09:40|| 2005-11-02 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Update: Oh, it was just a big mistake...

PC renaming of Christmas lights 'an error'
A decision to remove the word "Christmas" from festive switch-ons in a council area was an "error" by an overzealous junior official, it was claimed today.
The removal of the word Christmas in advertising material for the various switch-ons of lights over the festive season in the south London borough of Lambeth was not council policy, a spokeswoman said.
A spokeswoman for the council said today that the decision had been taken by a junior official who had been concerned about other faiths in the borough.
She said: "It is not a council decision or anything like that. "Actually, some of the councillors are pretty up in arms about this because they believe it should be called the Christmas lights and should not be changed to winter lights. "It was a junior-level decision and it happened to go into print which was an error basically.
"I think it was certainly not a council policy that we should call the lights winter lights."
The news of the ban prompted an avalanche of condemnation from various groups, including the Church of England, the Muslim Council of Britain and local politicians.

Yeah, we all know how overzealous those junior officials can be... Maybe we'll try and sneak it under the radar next year.

Posted by tu3031 2005-11-02 09:52|| 2005-11-02 09:52|| Front Page Top

#6 I think this overzealous junior official should consider getting jockey shorts a couple of sizes larger. I think something got "pinched".

Posted by BigEd 2005-11-02 12:29|| 2005-11-02 12:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Screw the jockey shorts, give the guy a good caning.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-02 13:58|| 2005-11-02 13:58|| Front Page Top

#8 I prefer they be called The Lights of Larry and I mean it. And so does Hatfield.

Posted by Shipman 2005-11-02 16:28|| 2005-11-02 16:28|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm past sick of this shit, and I'm not even Christian.

Here's an idea: If ~~moslems~~ people of the "other religions" don't like Christmas, they can damn well work on Christmas day. Without overtime. Even if everyone else is out for the day.

But we all know that will never happen. They want to have their holiday and whine about it too. Or more likely, they don't work to begin with, so every day is a holiday.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but fuck them and the camels they rode in on.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-11-02 20:58|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2005-11-02 20:58|| Front Page Top

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